Jingle All the Way (1996)
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
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Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
Blistering performances.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Your enjoyment of this film will more than likely come down to three things:1) Whether you think Arnie can do comedy. 2) Whether you find Sinbad funny. 3) Whether you think comedy violence is funny.If your answer to those three questions is yes then I'm sure you'll love this Christmas film.For me though it was a decent idea stretched to breaking point, with lots of silly scenes, almost sketches, pieced together.Arnie does his best, but the constant need to turn this seemingly nice guy into a violent one for no real reason was silly. Phil Hartman has all the best lines here, and sadly I didn't find Sinbad remotely funny, which is a shame because I've liked him elsewhere.It's an acceptable enough Christmas film, but you'd really have to be in the festive mood.
This movie tries too hard to be a buckle in your seat laughing film, but it struggles to, because the jokes are never well-timed. When this movie tries to be heartwarming, it instead is cringeworthy. This movie also has one of Arnold's worst acting skills. The way he tried to accomplish humour made me faceslap myself. Also, there are some really mean spirited moments in this film, like how near the end (NOT A SPOILER), someone gets beaten up just because he is dressed as a character nobody likes. A show like Family Guy or South Park could of pulled this off, because they don't then make a cheesy "heatwarming" moment three minutes after a man was assaulted by a group of kids. I don't know, but this movie definitely isn't in Christmas spirit.I laughed once...so, I guess I give it a 2.1/10.
Although I can't say "Jingle all the way is the greatest movie ever made, it is a film that's good for what it is: A Christmas comedy! Starring Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Phil Hartman, Sinbad, Rita Wilson, and Jake Lloyd, it's a film about a father (Arnold) who, getting buried in his work and missing the important things in his, forgets to get his son the Christmas gift he wants most of all: The Turbo Man action figurine doll. Now, having to duke it out (quite literally) with other parents who waited to the last minute, including a deranged mailman (Sinbad) who are desperate to get their hands on the hottest selling Christmas toy ever. As expected, plenty of high jinks ensue, from Arnold repeatedly running into (and getting on the bad side) of a certain traffic cop, to Sinbad's crazy antics, and a certain conspiracy involving shady Santas (one of whom played by Jim Belushi) selling counter fit toys. Plus, we get to enjoy a performance of the late, great Phil Hartman as a neighborhood handy man who's trying to put the squeeze on Arnold's wife (Rita Wilson), and makes us miss the man that much more. Now the movie does get a little ridiculous near the end, and when you see it you'll know what I mean. But, at the same time, considering this is Hollywood one has to be willing to suspend disbelief a little bit here and there. And besides, what's a little ridiculousness going to harm? Just sit back and watch for the comedy and Christmas season.
I didn't find anything worth laughing in the movie!it was completely boring,they had stretched the story for an hour and 30 minutes,with most of the time Howard roaming around to buy the action figure!The essence of a Christmas movies was lost,they have tried to come up with comedy,but it turned out to be really a bore.They could have come up with much more heart touching material,rather than a chase for a dumb toy.The role of Myron(played by Sinbad) wasn't pleasing,there was lack of humanity,it was cheap in a way.There was way too much exposure of low budget jokes!In a way it all seemed kiddish and annoying to watch.Well its an old movie cant complain more,its 2016,hopefully there wont be another Christmas movie like this to ruin the holiday!!